Seem to be striking out with Stryker and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
My new SR-955HPC radio and SR-A10 antenna arrived Saturday and my first chance to try it out was this morning.
Mounted the new antenna on the center of the roof on my 2017 GMC Acadia.
Have the radio in an aluminum case for my Spectrum DX8 RC airplane transmitter sitting on the front seat of the car.
I'm using the cigarette lighter plug on the console which is outputting 14.97 volts.
The new antenna is getting an SWR reading of 3 on channels 1,20 and 40 according to the radios meter, slightly higher on my SWR meter and it doesn't seem to matter how far in or out the whip goes. Tried several locations on the roof of the car all with the same result. Radio is set to AM and band #4.
Played with all the dials and switches but I get zilch. Can't hear anyone talking and no responses to my transmits.
Brought along my little Midland hand held and there was plenty of activity on channel 19 radio checks were confirmed on it. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?